St. Landry democrat., 1887-11-26
FASHIONS FOR MEN.
NO CHANGE IN TIE STYLES OF
WINTER ONERCOATS.

Broadcioth Not Much Used Tor Evening
Dress Suits-Dalk Mixed Goods, Checks
and Stripes for business Wear-Rlack Felt
and Seal-brown Hats to be Worn.
The business suits made for we'll
dressed men to wear during the autumn
and winter are of dark mixed suitings
and checks and stripe. that are not CON
spicuous-indeed, are almost invisible
producing dark gray shades, brown and
red mixtures, black and brown checks,
&c. These suits may have a cutaWav
coat, fastened by three Or four buttons,
as the size of the Wcarcr dictates, or else
a four buttOncd sack coat the Waistcoat
may have a "stcp' rolled (nOtched) collar
or standing "step' collar; the edges are
dOublc-stitched. Trousers for these
suits-and indeed for all suitS--are cut
medium wide, and hang straight, but
they are not of exaggerated width, nor
do they have the folded crease down the
front and back which belongs to ready
made clothing. \ dark silk or satin
scarf tied in large knot, black Derby
hat, and tan or mahogany-cOlOred gloves,
with wide, black stitching, are worn with
business suits.
Those drcs~y morning suits that are
worn in the afternoon as well have a
cutaWav coat and vest Of black or dark
blue corkscrcw CLOTH or of diagonal that
i, not very wide, or else Of the Grape
finished cloth This coat may button
only one button, or else be closed by
three or four buttons; the edges are
flat braided or corded Men who follow
English fashions wear fancy Waistcoats
with this suit, with dark maroon, brown,
or blue ground strewn with small spots,
dashes, or tiny hOrscshoes Of some con-
trasting color: a vest of the material of
the coat is, however, more generally
worn. The striped trousers are very
dark, with underlined lines of brown and
blue together, or blue with black, brown
with copper red, or black with white,
making gray. Young men use this suit
for church, for afternoon visits, for walk
ing, driving. and also at day weddings
and receptions; very light scarf ac-
companies this suit.
The frOck-COat suit is accepted as the
correct day suit for formal receptions in
the afternoon and for day weddings,
alike for the bridegroom, ushers and
guests. Fine black diagonal, corkscrew
cloth or cheviOt-a cloth without fac
ing-are used for the double breasted
frOck-cOat, which is of medium length,
reaching nearly to the knees, is fastened
by four buttons, has corded silk facing,
is bound with ribbon braid and lined
with black satin. The vest of the same
cloth is single e-breaSted and medium high,
with "stepN rolled collar, or else a
rolled collar which is not notChed, and
has binding like that on the coat. The
trousers are of dark stripes, though
slightly lighter trousers are worn by a
bridegroom and his attendants. White
or very light ottoman silk scarfs, with
ieweled scarfpin and pearlcolored gloves
stitched with pearl, are worn by the
groom, best man and ushers. The guests
also wear light scarfs with tan -colored
gloves; high silk hat completes frock-
coat suit.
Dress suits for evening are of the
finest black diagonal or Angolas, especi
ally those for young men; broadcloth is
little used. The dress-coat is cut with
narrow swallow-tail and low rolled
shawl collar in long continuous roll, or
it may be notched collar if the wearer
prefers; the collar is faced with silk, the
lining is of black satin, and the edges /
are finished with fine silk cord traCery.
The low rolled vest may be of the same
material of the coat, or of white repped |
pique, or else of white silk with slight
band of embroidery along its edges. The /
trousers, of the same cloth as the coat |
are cut medium wide.
Overcoats for general use are of the |
styles worn last year, viz, sacks of |
medium length and quite straight back,
made Of Melton, Elysians, vicunas or
beaver cloth. Blue, brown, olive and
black are the colors most used. English
taiors make the sacks double breasted,
with Tapped seams and quilted lining, or
else with the very English plaid Innings
of warm kersey cloth. The Inverness
cape-c coat of black diagonals or cheviot is
also introduced; this has deep cape con-
fined to the fronts, but not meeting to but
ton; the back is in sack shape. The
English covert coats of the same light
brown color all the year are short sacks
with strapped seams, and three patch
pockets with flaps in and out. Driving
coats of boX-cloth of darker brown or
of lighter shade are broad and double
breasted sacks reaching to the knee, and
are made extremely large for the wearer;
the cloth is double in the upper part of
the coat and in the upper sleeves, the col
lar is velvet, and the lining is thick
plaid kersey, except for the sleeves,
which are lined with satin and
faced at the wrists with velvet.
The large buttons are of brown
buffalo horn or else of white pearl. III
sters are very long, and are made with a
deep cape. Fur-lined coats for winter
driving and sleighing are large loose
sacks of black or brown cloth with lux
urious lining throughout of Hudson bay
sable, or of mink, with beaver trimming;
others have the durable muskrat lining,
and are trimmed down the front with
colored otter or beaver. Black coats
have Astrakhan lining, with the more
glossy Persian lamb collar and fac